Good guys win. Bad guys lose.

[Naphtali]

"Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone."

After 6 June 1944, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force commander, Dwight Eisenhower, did not have this statement distributed to the American people.

[jeepnik]

Possibly the biggest gamble of the war. Had it failed and even if we had been able to withdraw a significant number of troops successfully it would have take years to prepare for another try.

Some pretty educated folks have postulated on what the effect would have been had we later employed atomic weapons in Europe. While bombing Japan primarily enemy civilians were involve. But in Europe anywhere but Germany would have involved allied civilians.